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Posta Population - Jamtara, Jharkhand

Posta is a medium size village located in Narayanpur Block of Jamtara district, Jharkhand with total 322 families residing. The Posta village has population of 1601 of which 810 are males while 791 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Posta village population of children with age 0-6 is 292 which makes up 18.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Posta village is 977 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Posta as per census is 986, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Posta village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Posta village was 56.07 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Posta Male literacy stands at 68.48 % while female literacy rate was 43.34 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Posta village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Posta village.

Posta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 322 - -
Population 1,601 810 791
Child (0-6) 292 147 145
Schedule Caste 568 278 290
Schedule Tribe 23 13 10
Literacy 56.07 % 68.48 % 43.34 %
Total Workers 771 414 357
Main Worker 19 - -
Marginal Worker 752 401 351

Caste Factor

In Posta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.48 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.44 % of total population in Posta village.

Work Profile

In Posta village out of total population, 771 were engaged in work activities. 2.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 771 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.